Der schwarze Sergeant
Western Krimi Drama
Rutledge ist Sergeant in einer afroamerikanischen Einheit der US-Kavallerie. Als er verdächtigt wird seinen vorgesetzten Colonel getötet und dessen Tochter vergewaltigt und erwürgt zu haben, flieht er, wird aber kurz darauf wieder festgenommen. Vor Gericht gestellt beteuert er seine Unschuld, doch außer seinem Verteidiger glaubt ihm keiner. Mühsam wird der Fall aufgerollt und gemeinsam versucht man die Wahrheit ans Licht zu bringen...
Director John Ford
Trailer
Cast
Jack Kenny
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Rafer Johnson
Cpl. Krump (uncredited)
Fred Libby
Chandler Hubble (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons
Sam Beecher (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Mae Marsh
Mrs. Nellie Hackett (uncredited)
Toby Michaels
Lucy Dabney (uncredited)
Jeffrey Hunter
Lt. Tom Cantrell
Woody Strode
1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge
William Henry
Capt. Dwyer (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Eva Novak
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Willis Bouchey
Col. Otis Fosgate - president of the court-martial
Chuck Roberson
Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford
Officer's Wife (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Jack Perrin
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
William Wellman Jr.
Court Guard (uncredited)
Hank Worden
Laredo (uncredited)
Constance Towers
Mary Beecher
Juano Hernández
Sgt. Matthew Luke Skidmore
Walter Reed
Capt. McAfee (uncredited)
Charles Seel
Dr. Walter Eckner (uncredited)
Shug Fisher
Mr. Owens (uncredited)
Billie Burke
Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate
Judson Pratt
Lt. Mulqueen (court-martial board member)
Sheb Wooley
Screaming Trooper (archive sound) (uncredited)
Carleton Young
Capt. Shattuck - prosecutor
Chuck Hayward
Capt. Dickinson (uncredited)